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Buer
Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Goldbergstraße 12
(Rathaus Buer)

Relief "Arbeit, Familie und Kunst"

Relief "Work, Family and Art"

Hubert Nietsch
1958

Buer / Relief "Arbeit, Familie und Kunst"

Description

Relief in three parts above the entrance of the townhall of Buer, built 1909-1912 when Buer was an independent town. In 1954 an extension was added with this relief - finished in 1958 - with the theme "Work, Family and Art" at the entrance.

Gelsenkirchen-Buer - Relief "Arbeit, Familie und Kunst"
Kunst und Wirtschaft, oder Buch, Theater und Musik
Art and business, or Books, theater and music

Die Familie / The Family

Arbeit, oder Landwirtschaft und Bergbau
Labor, or Farming and Mining

Sculptor

Hubert Nietsch (Flensburg 1893 - Gelsenkirchen 1965), German sculptor in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf (Gelsenkirchener Geschichten).

Sources & Information

Gelsenkirchener Geschichten, Arbeit, Familie und Kunst.
Gelsenkirchener Geschichten, Rathaus Buer.
Gelsenkirchener Geschichten, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum.

Locatie (N 51°34'40" - E 7°3'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw890; Photograph: 29 July 2022
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